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Categories of Sophisticated Investors
A. Accredited Investor

  1. A unit trust scheme, private retirement scheme or prescribed investment scheme.
  2. Bank Negara.
  3. A licensed person or a registered person.
  4. An exchange holding company, a stock exchange, a derivatives exchange, an approved clearing house, a central depository, or a recognised market operator.
  5. A corporation that is licensed, registered, or approved to carry on any regulated activity or capital market services by an authority in Labuan or outside Malaysia which exercises functions corresponding to the functions of the Securities Commission Malaysia ("SC").
  6. A bank licensee or an insurance licensee as defined under the Labuan Financial Services and Securities Act 2010 [Act 704].
  7. An Islamic bank licensee or a takaful licensee as defined under the Labuan Islamic Financial Services and Securities Act 2010 [Act 705].
  8. A chief executive officer or a director of any person referred to in subparagraphs 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 above.
  9. A closed-end fund approved by the SC.

B. High-Net Worth Entity (HNWE)

  1. A company that is registered as a trust company under the Trust Companies Act 1949 and has assets under its management exceeding ten million ringgit or its equivalent in foreign currencies.
  2. A corporation that –
    1. is a public company under the Companies Act 2016 which is approved by the SC to be a trustee under the CMSA and has assets under its management, exceeding ten million ringgit or its equivalent in foreign currencies; or
    2. is carrying on the regulated activity of fund management solely for the benefit of its related corporations and has assets under its management exceeding ten million ringgit or its equivalent in foreign currencies.
  3. A corporation with total net assets exceeding ten million ringgit or its equivalent in foreign currencies based on the last audited accounts.
  4. A partnership with total net assets exceeding ten million ringgit or its equivalent in foreign currencies.
  5. A statutory body established under any law whose function or mandate is investment in capital market products.
  6. A pension fund approved by the Director General of Inland Revenue under the Income Tax Act 1967.

C. High-Net Worth Individual (HNWI)

    An individual –
  1. whose total net personal assets, or total net joint assets with his or her spouse, exceeding three million ringgit or its equivalent in foreign currencies, excluding the value of the individual’s primary residence;
  2. who has a gross annual income exceeding three hundred thousand ringgit or its equivalent in foreign currencies in the preceding twelve months;
  3. who jointly with his or her spouse, has a gross annual income exceeding four hundred thousand ringgit or its equivalent in foreign currencies in the preceding twelve months; or
  4. whose total net personal investment portfolio or total net joint investment portfolio with his or her spouse, in any capital market products exceeding one million ringgit or its equivalent in foreign currencies.

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TENG CHEE WAI
Managing Director
Teng Chee Wai is the founder of Affin Hwang Asset Management Berhad (Affin Hwang AM). Over the past decade, he has built the Company to be the fastest growing and only independent investment management house in Malaysia’s top three, with an excess of RM47 billion in assets under management as at 31 December 2018.​

​In his capacity as Managing Director / Executive Director, Teng manages the overall business and strategic direction as well as the management of the investment team. His hands-on approach sees him actively involved in investments, product development and marketing. Teng’s critical leadership and regular participation in reviewing and assessing strategies and performance has been pivotal in allowing the Company to successfully navigate the economically turbulent decade.

Teng’s investment management experience spans more than 20 years, and his key area of expertise is in managing absolute return mandates for insurance assets and investment-linked funds in both Singapore and Malaysia. Prior to his current appointments, he was the Assistant General Manager (Investment) of Overseas Assurance Corporation (OAC) and was responsible for the investment function of the Group Overseas Assurance Corporation Ltd.​

​Teng began his career in the financial industry as an Investment Manager with NTUC Income, Singapore. He is a Bachelor of Science graduate from the National University of Singapore and has a Post-Graduate Diploma in Actuarial Studies from City University in London.
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